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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] czardomn:
Hello Forums,

I recently upgraded my Evo 3d and my wife's blackberry (Verizon) to 2 Sprints Galaxy s3. My wife decided she wanted hers rooted for tweaks for better battery life. I rooted mine so I could use custom firmware for the device. I have ran into a problem...

1. Whichever recovery I use (TWRP or CWM) on either device; when restoring the backup I have made; we must do a factory reset in order to have functionality for anything. It boot loops even after wiping all partitions multiple times, and restoring backups.

2.Tried to restore, factory data reset, and data partition restore. bootloops(more than likely not to work but figured I would try)

I am wanting to test out different Roms and My wife if her phone decides to freeze and needs to restore were screwed. Even while using Titanium Backup to restore data. As it is quite bothersome when you have to set up our phones every time after a restore....

Am I going to have to use ODIN, Mobile ODIN or would there be a way to use custom recoveries without having to reset our phones.

PS:

It seems to me to reside in how any recovery is backing up the data partition. Either that or something on our phones may be locked (that I am not aware of)as far as reading the data from recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] czardomn:
Seems like I ha e made a noob mistake. Have to unlock bootloader on devices...

Hey moderators you can close this thread thank you!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Prototype18:
Hi guys !

Im upgrading my brother device (mentioned in the title).

Currently it has 2.3.6 and im using black market to download apps and games. It seems a great phone.

But he now want to upgrade to ICS maybe ?

So maybe im noob cuz i did only once this on a tablet and i would like a bit of help (not spoonfed).

Iv searched on google and i found cyanogenmod 9.0. But my bro NEEDS the camera and that isnt working on 9.0.

What do you advise ?

Thank you
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] indigotheory:
Hi all, been looking around for a good Beats Audio bootanimation for the Note 2 and i've found a couple but they don't take up all the screen size of the Note! I think this post is in the right section, Any help appreciated, thanks

*Update, just resized one with the Boot Animation app! Duh...
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] czar22:
try this

+1
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] toker1511:
How to install beats audio bootanimation to a Samsung Galaxy note 2

Already rooted but can't figure out how to install the bootanimation
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TokedUp:
Someone posted a different secSettings.apk that has it removed but its for the Intl sgs3. Can it be done on our phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sipple31:
I guess i'm curious about this, too...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] deuce237bblock:
You need to decompile SecSettings.apk find the file where ba is and remove it then recompile the apk.

Idk where to look but hopefully someone else does.
[Android Themes] Utini:
nvm, did it myself :P
[Off-topic] Nutterpc:
For me I find it's from my local barista, I always end up getting double shots. CoffeeX beans
[Off-topic] Thats OK:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2107102&highlight=coffee

Good thought...already done however.
[Off-topic] robogoflow:
You could change it to legal stimulant thread where we can talk about our love for energy drinks!

I love red bull.

Sent from a slice of Galaxy Nexus with some Rasbean Jelly!
[Off-topic] DanceOff:
IB4L :p
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
With the quite large amount of Dutchies on this forum, that might still be a bad plan... ;)
[Off-topic] jimkaf:
Home ground illy double espresso.

Sent from my Wildfire S.
[Off-topic] Danial723:
GTFO
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] sam5757:
Hello guys,

I am trying to flash Cyanogenmod 7 to my sisters galaxy mini. But everytime I use clockworkmod to flash the zip file it gets stuck at 'installing update...' I tried a couple of times (and restalled the stock rom and tried again). Won't get any further.. (I've used multiple zip files:stable and nightly, multiple clockwork tar files and multiple sd cards (4GB and 16GB)

Any tips?

Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] ast00:
Stuck??? Lol try to flash CWM 5 first. IF tar, then you have CWM 4 now.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] odntht:
Have you read this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342190

The Odin version you must use in galaxy mini is 4.38, any other version doesnt work...

Try download again all files and follow the instructions...

If still doesnt work, try another rom...

have you looked if the rom its 'compatible' with the older rom you're using in your phone?

some roms have a 'requeriments' to instal...
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] ast00:
The requeriments are not more than 2.3.x baseband. And if not, then it won't boot. But it won't stuck at installing...
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] rupesh1718:
Make sure you install clockwork mod properly with odin or zip
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] sam5757:
Yes i have read it, i followed the tutorial completely. But the problem is not rooting the phone or flashing cwm, it just cwm doesn't work as it should.

It just crashes all the time..
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] spam bot:
if u dont have cwm 5, do this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1439751

it will update your cwm u dont need to flash or anything via odin.

if that's not the problem then just try it all over again...

flash stock firmware again : http://yagyagaire.blogspot.in/2011/1...xy-pop-to.html

then root your phone: http://www.howlog.in/2012/07/how-to-...opmini-gt.html

then flash clockworkmod : http://yagyagaire.blogspot.in/2012/0...l#.UQZ4MFJchtc
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] ckir:
Hi,

I have tested this driver only on the above mentioned model and kernel.

This is to help people to install OpenVPN.

To install it copy the tun.ko file to /lib/modules on your phone using Root Explorer or something similar.

After copy, reboot your phone (or use "insmod /lib/modules/tun.ko" to install the module). Then, if you use adb you can check that the module is loaded by entering lsmod on a shell. If you don't use adb then try something like the OpenVPN Settings application from Google Play.

Enjoy
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Rohit02:
hey can u pls elaborate more ond same. wats d apk for n ol..

sry fr my noob que. hope same mite b d que others
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] ckir:
Hi. If you use Cyanogenmod then you don't need this one. It is included in your kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] mmendiguchia:
Hello Gurus, I currently not using CM´s Rom and I am looking for Tun.ko module for a Samsung Galaxy FIT S5670 with this kernel:

# uname -r

2.6.35.7-perf-CL393192

# cat /proc/version

Linux version 2.6.35.7-perf-CL393192 (se.infra@SEI-29) (gcc version 4.4.3 (GCC) ) #1 PREEMPT Mon Jul 18 23:28:35 KST 2011

Thanks in advance, I will appreciate any help.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kboater:
So Ive had my t-mobile S3 for a few days now. Ive loved it so far, Ive only had it for a few days, so i have not rooted it yet or even looked at the dev section for custom roms. All my previous phones have been rooted and had custom roms, but have not had the chance or desire to do it/read up on it on my S3 yet...

Anyway, to my question. After I initially unlock the phone and am at the first home screen, when I go to swipe it either way to change screens, I have lag. After that initial swipe and lag I can swipe smoothly. Its just that first swipe that gives me lag. This is the most powerful device I've had, so I am surprised to see the lag. Im assuming its touchwiz and the phone probably takes a moment to ramp up the cpu? Im not against rooting and rom'ing it, just have not yet and wondering if others had this or noticed this issue while still completely stock? If so, are there any transitions or anything I can change, or do i just deal with it until I root it and throw on an awesome rom?

Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elesbb:
It's just coming out of deep sleep and at q low CPU clock to save power. It's normal.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daxecutioner24:
Yeah you should relax while we all can admit TouchWiz Sucks its not that bad, Even having power saving on should not affect a little task like that. This phone is really fast stock so don't feel you need to root just because of that. Now if bloatware really bothers you, carrier IQ then you can go on and flash away.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrishoyt2012:
Nothing is perfect...phones..electronics...cars..houses...you name it. Everyone expects everything to run smooth or they freak out. Its the nature of the beast...live with it...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ticojpunk:
My GS3 does it. My iPod touch 4th generation does it. My Galaxy Exhibit 4G did it.

Pretty normal stuff, though it tends to annoy me as well.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrishoyt2012:
Uninstall android....no lag ever lol..jk. ive never seen an android stock phone lag free...not even the droid dna....its part of life..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] 1slow4G:
Normal. My does that aswell. On both touchwiz and nova launcher.

Sent from my Galaxy S3 using neighbors wifi :P
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] kboater:
thanks everyone. Ive had android since the beginning (well almost, mt3g). So I'm used to the lag that android sometimes has. but to be honest, i was really surprised to see it on this phone. I thought it was powerful enough hardware wise and the software tweaks (project butter act) that I was just surprised to see the lag (i know touchwiz slows it down). I've noticed a little more here and there...

Any way, glad to know its normal for this phone being stock, I just did not expect it. Guess Ill have to root it and play around with some custom roms to get that smoothness Im looking for :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JJR85:
Yea I notice the lag on start up to but after a couple of seconds its good.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] CitrixLemon:
You know it's weird, I used to have the same issue, so I know exactly what you're talking about. But I don't have it anymore for some reason and I'm not quite sure when it went away. I flashed a stock rooted Jelly Bean rom to get root, but that's the only thing I've done to it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrishoyt2012:
Once you get past the little bit of lag...she is butter smooth....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the7thson:
Hello,

I was wondering if you guys would be kind enough to help me figure out what has been going on with my battery lately.. First up, here is all the relevant info:

Phone: Galaxy Nexus GT-i9250 GSM

Network: T-Mobile USA

ROM: Paranoid Android 2.54 - this is based on 4.1.2 - NOT the latest 4.2.1

Kernel: Franco Kernel Milestone 6 <-- My battery issues only started after I switched to this kernel. I had to ditch the stock kernel than came with PA because it was slow as molasses.

Here is the battery drain that shows 43% of total battery was drained in 6 hours :eek:

Here are some more details that show how much time the phone was awake:

Partial wakelocks are shown here using BetterBatteryStats. I don't know what AudioOut_2 is but it's sucking down battery. Exchange is another battery hog evidently.. I don't understand why Google Plus is running, I NEVER open the program.

Here are the kernel wakelocks:

Here are the alarms that show which app is waking up the device how many times. LightFlow and Exchange seem to do this a lot. I have no idea why maps keeps waking my phone, I haven't opened Maps once or changed locations but the location service is relentless.

Here is CPU Spy showing that Deep Sleep is definitely working:

Please can anyone help me figure out why my battery drain is so out of control? I forgot to screenshot screen on time but it was less than 30 minutes. You can sort of see this from the graph on image #2.

Thank you in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the7thson:
Bumping this in hopes that someone is able to help me figure this out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hhwong:
it seems like your signal is fairly bad most of the time, that will drain your battery pretty bad since the device will try to seek better signal.

also, i would suggest you to upgrade to latest PA along with latest franco r361, I see a significant battery improvement after the upgrade.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
light flow is keeping your phone awake as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the7thson:
Thanks. Yes the signal is not great at my office, but it hasn't changed in the last few months. What has changed however, is how drastically my battery is now dying, this is recent.

I would update to the the new PA with 4.2.1 but there are a few things I'm not ready to give up yet like the old toggles etc. Once the new PA builds some of those older features back in, I'll be upgrading for sure.

Yes it is, I don't know why it wakes up my phone so much. I tried checking the "reduce phone wakes" option, but that seems to miss notifications all the time.

Overall, even with not so great signal and light flow running, this battery drain just seems WAY too much, would you agree?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
what is your screen on time?

and light flow has been known to kill battery. id honestly remove it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the7thson:
Screen time was less than 30 mins :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] VonEsch:
How often do you charge the battery? Do you plug it in all the time? Do you run it dead all the time? Your battery may be getting shot out, happened to my wife's to the point it would not take a charge. New battery fixed it. Buy a battery of eBay for ten bucks. Worse comes to worse you have a backup battery if that wasn't the problem. Audio out only took 3.5% and most of the time was deep sleep. I think your battery is dying
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the7thson:
I charge it at least once a day - every night. Sometimes I'll plug it in during the day if I know I'm going out in the evening just so it'll be topped off when I go out. But I thought charging these batteries a lot didn't affect their ability to hold a charge?

I'll definitely buy a new battery either way, hopefully that's what it is.

In case anyone else has any other insight, please do share in the meantime.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
remove lightflow. seriously.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the7thson:
I'll miss it, but it's worth checking out what the battery does without LightFlow. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Powers88:
For Maps wakeups. Try disabling auto location update if its not already. Open Maps > Settings > Location update (something like that)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the7thson:
Cheers. I do already have everything turned off, screenshot attached.

Could it be Google Now that's causing these location updates? It always knows how far away Home is when I'm away from Home.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
it is. google now periodically calls the gps to update your time to home
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the7thson:
The more I think about it, the more I believe that Google Now could be a major culprit in draining battery. I'm going to try disabling it entirely to test. Do you have any experience with that by any chance? On how it affects battery?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Powers88:
Screenshot tells me its still on. Top of the menu, Location Reporting: Your location is updated Automatically
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
I use Google now and easily get 3 to 4 hrs of screen time
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the7thson:
You're right, I set it to "do not update your location". What does this do exactly? Looks promising though.
[HTC One S] anand_s:
hi all....i recently bought a t mobile htc one s and i am planning on debranding it....i dont live in the US and i dont need any of t mobiles services....my plan is to debrand it and get stock htc rom on it...i dont plan on using the phone rooted, so i want to be able to get OTA updates and everything, basically i want it to be like stock european htc one s....i google and found this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1674202

after i rooted my phone i followed the steps in the link and was able to change my cid to HTC__001 from T-MOB010. i downloaded the european 2.31 RUU from http://www.filecrop.com/Ruu-HTC-One-S.html and when i ran it i got error code 130....my model id (PJ4011000) is different from the one the RUU is meant for (PJ4010000). so i was unable to debrand. i googled on how to change the modelid and read somehwere that i had to modify my build.prop file....followed the steps in this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1236732 and changed the model id to PJ4010000 from PJ4011000 wherever it appeared in the build.prop file and pushed it back onto the phone, but still the ruu is giving the same error code 130.

i couldnt find any more links to help so i am posting it here. anyone have any ideas ? thanks :)

p.s i installed the stock recovery and the stock boot using fastboot and relocked the boot loader before trying to install using ruu. and the 2.31 ruu is compatible with HTC__001
[HTC One S] troby86:
Try it without installing the recovery and boot before the RUU. There is no need to do that. Just relock and run the RUU, it will restore the boot and recovery for you.
[HTC One S] bstylz911:
Lemme know how it goes. Might do this as well
[HTC One S] yw2012:
Same here. I am trying to debrand the T-Mobile US as well. Thanks.
[HTC One S] anand_s:
hmmm......i thought the model id is stored in the build.prop file, dont know how this can fix that....i heard the ruu checks for cid and the modelid...i am passing the cid check, its the model id where i get stuck....anyways will try it out and let you guys know....its my only phone currently so might be a few days :)
[HTC One S] roadhero:
Guys, I have debranded my T-Mobile One S just a couple weeks ago. Unless you have a Super-CID and locked (relocked) bootloader, you won't be able to install a European RUU on T-Mobile One S. On the other hand, MID is stored not only in build.prop file but in areas inaccessible unless you are S-OFF, so you can flash European RUU but you still won't be able to OTA and will have to wait for the new update RUU when (if ever, you know what I'm talking about) it comes out.

You can find how to Super-CID in this post.
[HTC One S] iangelo:
Is debranding needed in order to flash custom ROM ?
[HTC One S] yw2012:
No. You just need to root the phone to install custom rom.
[HTC One S] chota_shivaji:
Confused

I am a bit confused with the above update and the thread here . The OP in the thread claims that he was able to de-brand his TMOUS HOS without SuperCID of 11111111.

Can somebody please clear the confusion?

Also, after de-branding, does the WiFi work on HOS which was previously TMOUS branded?
[HTC One S] anand_s:
hmmm....i wasnt able to flash the european RUU...as mentioned it gave me an error (code 130, model id not matching or something)....so forget OTA updates, even flashing the RUU was impossible with my current model id....i did consider going the super cid route but i heard that the jelly bean OTA update bricks phones with super cid...thats why i wanna get a more 'legitimate' cid like HTC__001....

yeah the OP in that thread was able to debrand....and i think he used the HTC__001 cid ...dont know what the model number of his phone is....i think it might be matching with the one in the european RUU (PJ4010000)....does anyone know of any unbranded RUU that supports the model id PJ4011000 ??
[HTC One S] atksor:
I was able to flash my htc one s T-Mobile us with RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.31.401.5_Radio_1.06es.50.02.31_10.09a.50.04L_release_275655 using superCID 11111111 it work perfectly however it is impossible to install the OTA update JB_45_S_HTC_Europe_3.16.401.8.
[HTC One S] iangelo:
yw2012 thanks for your answer.

I suppose that no problem exists with this phone, a custom ROM could be flashed :

HTC One S

T-MOB101

HBOOT-1.14.0002

RADIO-1.09es.50.02.07_2

Android version : 4.0.4

HTC Sense version : 4.1

Software number : 2.38.111.10

Baseband version : 1.09es.50.02.07_2_10.09d.50.04L

Build number : 2.38.111.10 CL97613 release-keys

Bootloader unlocked

Rooted with SuperSU

ROM Stock
[HTC One S] roadhero:
Well, I'd like to confirm that there's no way to flash a European RUU on USA T-Mobile device unless you Super-CID. There are also European T-Mobile branded phones, e.g. T-Mobile Germany. Those ones can be debranded using generic HTC__001 CID.

Small statistic report from fellow community (Not my own work):

1. HTC One S (Z520e) 1&1 Germany : CID: HTC__102 GER -> CID changed to 11111111 Super CID -> OTA --> OK!

2. HTC One S (Z520e) T-Mobile Germany : CID: T-MOB101 - TMD -> CID changed to HTC__102 GER -> OTA --> OK!

Few things you need to obey strictly when OTA to be safe, based on current brick reports:

1. Locked/relocked bootloader

2. Everything stock, no root, no custom recovery:

Radio: 1.06es.50.02.31_10.09a.50.04L
HBOOT: 1.14.0002
Recovery: Stock
ROM: Stock 2.31.401.5

3. CIDs:

cidnum: 11111111
cidnum: HTC__001
cidnum: HTC__E11
cidnum: HTC__203
cidnum: HTC__Y13
cidnum: HTC__102
cidnum: HTC__405
cidnum: HTC__304
cidnum: HTC__A07

4. FULLY CHARGED, CHARGING/SYNC CABLE DETACHED, leave the phone alone and let it apply the OTA update ;)
[HTC One S] yw2012:
So if I get it correctly, I can change my T-Mobile US HTC one s to cid HTC__001 and I can debrand it and still have OTA?
[HTC One S] anand_s:
Thanks a lot for the vital info. i never tried flashing the RUU using super cid. i will try.

some more things of concern. lets say i change my cid to super cid (11111111) and am able to flash the 2.31 european RUU

1) does wifi/cellular radio of the t mobile US one s work with the european RUU?

2) and lets say i follow all the steps you recommended before an OTA update, the jelly bean OTA update wont brick my phone? is this right ? is there anyone who has successfully updated to jelly bean while on super cid ?

sorry, i dont seem to get what you said. changing the cid will let you flash a different RUU but as people mentioned in this thread, you cant install an european RUU with generic cid like HTC__001 on a Tmobile US phone (cause of differing model id i presume). you can however install using super cid (i havent verified this myself and ofcourse i claim no responsibility :) ). but i dont know whether you can successfully update using OTA while on supercid :(
[HTC One S] chota_shivaji:
- I got the rom.zip from the RUU.exe.

- This .zip has a file called android-info.txt which mentions the "modelid: PJ4011000".

- I wonder if somehow you are able to edit this .zip and change modelid to match the current in phone, you might be able to do OTA update on HTC__001 unbranded phone from TMOUS.

As usual this is just a speculation with no real data to back it up. So use it on your own risk. I am not responsible to any damage this does to your phone :fingers-crossed:
[HTC One S] roadhero:
No, you won't even be able to run a European RUU in this case.

anand_s,

to answer your questions,

1) wifi/cellular radio works like a charm with the european RUU.

2) you will receive a request to receive a European JB OTA, it will even download but it will give you a message that you have different software on the phone and it won't install, so everything's fine with that, you'll just have to run a European JB RUU if it becomes available.

And yes, you are right regarding everything else. There's OTA on SuperCID, but MIDs mismatch and it does not install, it does not break your phone either.

I personally have US T-mobile One S S4, have unlocked bootloader, SuperCID and running a european RUU 2.31.
[HTC One S] ultimul:
starting Jan26 unlocking phones will be ilegal in US

for all you people from US, if you want to unlock and debrand your phone I strongly suggest doing it today; tomorrow it will be a crime

http://www.techspot.com/news/51439-...ne-will-become-a-crime-starting-saturday.html

wtf is that? you really have lots of control freak people walking freely on the streets, and even worse, they're writing laws . . .